News Mania Desk/ Piyal Chatterjee / 23rd September 2024
Police shot and killed Akshay Shinde, who was accused of sexually abusing two girls at a school in the Thane region of Maharashtra, after he stole an officer’s revolver and opened fire on them.
Based on the production warrant, the Thane Crime Branch arrested accused Akshay Shinde around 5:30 p.m. from Taloja jail in a new case brought by his wife.They were taking him to Thane so they could look into it. As the car got close to the Mumbra bypass, Shinde grabbed one of the cops’ revolvers and shot the officer two or three times, wounding him. Another cop retaliated by shooting Shinde, mortally wounding him.
Huge demonstrations broke out last month at the local railway station and on the streets when Shinde was accused of sexually abusing two young girls in the school bathroom in Badlapur, Maharashtra, in the Thane district.
On August 1, the school hired 23-year-old Shinde under contract to clean the restrooms. But he allegedly sexually attacked two ladies on separate days within ten days of joining. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was established by the Maharashtra government to look into the matter.The Thane Police Commissioner was instructed by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to suspend the head constable, assistant sub-inspector, and senior police inspector of the Badlapur police station without delay for their failure to take prompt action during the early stages of the Badlapur event.
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan also said boys should be sensitised. “Education of boys is important. `Bete ko padhao beti ko bachao,’ (educate the boy and save the girl),” Justice Dere said, tweaking the government slogan.
